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"Jazz Luck"—a phrase I pull out of the hat every so often that aptly describes those oddball and, in some cases, unfortunate events which practitioners of the art encounter in the business. It's a ...

Jim Pugh has a variety of extraordinary experiences to share with his students. Throughout his half-century-long musicianship, the trombonist and professor of jazz studies has written and directed ...

BRATTLEBORO — Wycliffe Gordon is one of the leading jazz trombonists in the world and he will be performing at the Vermont Jazz Center on Jan. 13, at 8 p.m. Although he is the recipient of numerous ...

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival dropped the curtain on its 49th annual edition on Sunday (May 6) after a packed final day, which wrapped with a brassy blast from Trombone Shorty and… By ...

Trombone Shorty of Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue performs at Danforth Music Hall on Feb. 16, 2024, in Toronto, Ontario. The fan favorite will headline the 48th annual Saratoga Jazz Festival on June ...

James Louis "J. J." Johnson, the father of modern jazz trombone, died at home in Indianapolis Saturday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Johnson, who had been suffering from prostate cancer, was 77.

There ain’t no party like a Trombone Shorty party. Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue headlined Friday night’s lineup at the 2025 Syracuse International Jazz Festival, delivering a non-stop dance party.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Brace yourselves for a high-energy horn show when Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue take the stage at the 34th annual Syracuse Jazz Fest on Sunday, July 3. Michael McDonald will ...

You will receive many opportunities to perform with a variety of ensembles large and small. In addition to regular CU big band and combo concerts on campus, students often perform in other venues in ...

The funky sound of Fred Wesley's trombone landed on the World Beat desk this week courtesy of an album he released in 1974, with his band, Fred Wesley & the New JB's, called Breakin' Bread (originally ...